Sleepless
cranky_granny
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Need some tips on sleepless nights before any procedure. The brain won't shut up. On what I have to do. And what I had planned prior.
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Hi welcome to the site, I remember those night, I would get up and have a glass of warm milk. Sometimes this worked, I always found it was hard to turn off my thoughts at night, I'm nearly 3 years on and I still have these nights. Take care xx1
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I ended up going to sleep but up again at 6am but todays a new day0
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We all have had sleepless nights thinking about our impending procedures...so I tried to practice some mindfulness...meditation, restfulness....and only focussing on the day to day (not getting too far ahead, because that would overwhelm me). The Smiling Mind App is a great way to start...takes you through the steps and you feel very refreshed afterwards. In the end, I used these skills when having the scintography and then before going into theatre - I felt so much calmer.1
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If my mind is racing I end up turning on the light and reading for a while and try to empty my head. The other thing as mentioned is relaxation ideas. There is a technique for breathing called 478. I used it when stressed. Link below hopefully explains it.
http://www.drweil.com/videos-features/videos/the-4-7-8-breath-health-benefits-demonstration/
It's a difficult time. Know that it does get better. Hope everything goes well with surgery. Know we are here to listen.
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Hey Cranky Granny, I have an app on my mobile phone called rain sounds. Its all different rain sounds and you can set it to turn off automatically. I find it very soothing - doesn't guarantee that I'll stay asleep though but some sleep is better than none!! Xx0
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Thanks every one, It is definitely worry over whats to come etc
the marker went in with a struggle, I'm a bit grisly at the centre of the cancer so what should of been straight forward to a bit of extra time at least I shouldn't get the bruising that came with the biopsy. I hope its not a sign of things to come.
I am going to make use of the suggestions to shut the brain up. and make my way through the different suggestions till I find the something that works.
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I have an App called White noise it is free ,,,, IT HAS heaps of different sounds I have blended some of them they help me to turn on the thoughts in my head and sleep. WHITE NOSE by TMSOFT
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